Combined table and ironing-board



W. W. ANDERSON.

COMBINED TABLE AND IRONING BOARD. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 18, 1919.

1,342,660. Patented June 8,1920.

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WILLIAM W, ANDERSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED TABLE AND IRON IN G-BOARD.

Application filed October 18, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM W. ANDER- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CombinedTable and Ironing-Board, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to tables and its object is to provide a tablehaving a top carrying an ironing board, the top being reversible so thatin one position it serves as an ordinary top for the table, whereas inanother position it serves as an ironing board.

he invention also has for its object to provide a very simple structureof the kind stated.

With the objects stated in view, the invention consists in a novelcombination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described andclaimed, and in order that the same may be better understood, referenceis had to the accompanying drawings form ing a part of thisspecification.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the table showing the ironing boardpositioned for use, and

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the table showing the top thereof inanother position.

eferring specifically to the drawings, the table is composed of a top 10seating on side and end rails 11 and 12, respectively, and legs 13secured to said rails in any approved manner. Except as hereinafternoted, the table resembles a kitchen table of conventional design.

The top 10 carries an ironing board 1 1 which is secured to the underside thereof in any suitable manner. The ironing board is so dimensionedthat it seats inside the rails 11 and 12 of the table when the top 10 isin place and serving its ordinary function.

The top 10 is not permanently attached to the rails 11 and 12 but seatsloosely thereon, so that it may be lifted off and reversed to place theironing board 14 uppermost, and thus position it for use, as shown inFig. 1. The top is now still supported by Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented June 8, 1920. Serial No. 331,640.

the rails, and it serves as a for the ironing board.

To hold the top 10 in place in the lastdescribed position, it isprovided with eyes 15 adjacent to its ends, said eyes being positionedto receive hooks 16 on the end rails 12. Upon disengaging the hooks fromthe eyes, the top can be lifted and replaced on the rails 11 and 12 ininverted position, the ironing board being now underneath and seatinginside the rails. The top now has the function of an ordinary table top,and the ironing board is completely concealed and hidden from view. Fig.2 shows the parts in this position.

In the last described position of the top 10, the ironing board 14 seatssnugly between the end rails 12, and thus serves to prevent the top fromshifting out of place, so that no fastening devices are necessary forsecuring the top against displacement. The weight of the top and theparts carried thereby also tend to hold the same down firmly on the sideand end rails.

I claim:

1. A table comprising side and end rails, legs extending from saidrails, a reversible top loosely seating on the side and end rails, andan ironing board carried by the top on one side thereof, and fittingbetween the side and end rails and in engagement with the latter railsin one position of the top, and being above the top when the latter isreversed.

2. A table comprising side and end rails, legs extending from andsupporting said rails, a top provided with an unbroken face on one sidethereof and removably seated on said rails, and an ironing board securedto said top in spaced relation thereto to be positioned below said topand between said rails, when said top is seated with said unbroken faeeforming the upper side thereof, and positioned above when said top isseated with said unbroken face forming the under side thereof.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WILLIAM W. ANDERSON.

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